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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 1, 201122 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind advisory at Jun 1, 2011, 3:09 AM CDT for 22 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2011, 3:09 AM CDT (08:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2011, 3:59 PM CDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
All 22 counties

Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Door County, WI, Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Portage County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 65 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2011-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 52 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2011-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2390 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

442 
WWUS73 KGRB 010809
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
309 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...GUSTY WEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER ONTARIO WILL GENERATE STRONG WEST
WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN TODAY. GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY THROUGH AT LEAST MID AFTERNOON. THE WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN LATER IN THE DAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
INTO THE REGION.

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-011700-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WI.Y.0004.110601T0809Z-110601T2100Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-
WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY...WAUSAU...
WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...
ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ
309 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

* FREQUENT GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED...WITH A FEW
  GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AT TIMES.

* THE STRONG WEST WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH AND SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS.
  THE WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND SPORADIC POWER
  OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. TRAVELERS AND OTHERS WITH OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR THE STRONG WINDS.

&&

$$
KIECKBUSCH
2 follow-up statements
611 
WWUS73 KGRB 011639
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1139 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...GUSTY WEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER ONTARIO WILL GENERATE STRONG
WEST WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN TODAY. GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY WEAKEN LATER IN THE DAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO
THE REGION.

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-012100-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110601T2100Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-
WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY...WAUSAU...
WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...
ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ
1139 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

* FREQUENT GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED...WITH A FEW 
  STRONGER GUSTS AT TIMES. 

* THE STRONG WEST WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED 
  ROADS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND SPORADIC 
  POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. TRAVELERS AND OTHERS WITH OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR THE STRONG WINDS.

&&

$$
385 
WWUS73 KGRB 012059
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
359 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

.HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO WISCONSIN AS A DEPARTING LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FARTHER AWAY FROM THE STATE...AND WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. 

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-012200-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110601T2100Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-
WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY...WAUSAU...
WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...
ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ
359 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH...CAN
BE EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD
DIMINISH SOMEWHAT DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS THE SHIFT TO
NORTHWEST.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 3:10 AM CDTGale WarningGRB13 hr
Jun 1, 5:12 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB3 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.